The skills required to write an essay are the same skills required to write a speech, to prepare a persuasive argument, to prove a point, or to explain an idea. If we can help our students acquire these skills as we teach “the essay, we will have assisted them in accomplishing truly valuable life skills.
__Essay Writing__ contains easy-to-incorporate lessons along with tips for teaching specific concepts that range from pre-writing exercises to revising and editing to celebrating the final product. This down-to-earth look at the foundations of good essay writing is full of useful ideas and strategies that help students:
* build skills in writing on a wide range of topics;
* distinguish between formal and informal writing;
* use effective pre-writing techniques such as brainstorming, making an outline,gathering information, and evaluating the relevance of information;
* gain confidence as they begin to recognize what works and what doesn't.
The book incorporates a wide range of innovative approaches to teaching essay writing — from how to '“picture and “act out' an essay to a winning format for a topic sentence and using scattergrams to turn brainstorming into constructive outlines. Throughout the book, assessment tools and marking keys support simple marking techniques that consider not just the final essay, but effort and time on task.

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Mackenzie, Jock

Canadian Publishers Collection, Markham, Ontario, 2014

Canada - English Language, Canada

January 30, 2007

PS, 2007

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Get back to basics with this practical look at the foundations of good essay writing. With personal and classroom anecdotes, ideas and strategies, and samples and reproducibles, this cheerful and accessible book offers real-life advice that both teachers and students can really use. Each chapter contains easy-to-incorporate lessons along with teaching tips for teaching specific concepts that range from pre-writing exercises to revising and editing to celebrating the final product. The book includes a wide range of innovative approaches to teaching essay writing -- from how to picture and "act out" an essay to a winning format for a topic sentence and using scattergrams to turn brainstorming into constructive outlines. Throughout the book, assessment tools and marking keys support simple marking techniques that are visible and relatively frequent, and consider not just the essay, but effort and time on task

Get back to basics with this look at the foundations of good essay writing. With personal and classroom anecdotes, ideas and strategies, and samples and reproducibles, this book offers advice that both teachers and students can really use. It's each chapter contains lessons along with teaching tips for teaching range of concepts.

Contents 4
Introduction 6
1 What Is an Essay? 7
2 First Things First 16
3 Assessment and Marking 24
4 Before Writing Begins 33
5 The Body of the Essay 54
6 Beginnings and Endings 61
7 After Writing 76
8 Types of Essays 87
A Final Word: Celebrate 91
Bibliography 93
Index 94

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